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To Texans Like Me, Ozzy Osbourne Was More Than Just a Rock Star
Texas Monthly
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July 22, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday at 76. He wasn’t a Texan—rather famously, he pled ignorance to a bit of history known by every Texas schoolchild after getting arrested in, and then banned from, San Antonio for peeing on the Alamo’s cenotaph. But the...
Watauga, Avery Obituaries – July 22nd, 2025
High Country Press - North Carolina
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July 22, 2025
The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland Dema Ann (Aldridge) Spann May 26, 1935 ~ July 12, 2025 Dema Ann Aldridge Spann, born on May 26, 1935, in Watauga...
How Arabic Has Influenced English and Borrowed From Other Languages
Scoop Empire
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July 18, 2025
Language never stands still. Words cross borders, adapting to new tongues as cultures connect through trade, science, technology, and daily life. Arabic and English, in particular, have exchanged many terms over the centuries. While Arabic has...
The 8 Best Low-Effort, High-Reward Hikes Near Denver
5280 Magazine - Colorado
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July 21, 2025
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Centennial State residents are notorious for our love affair with Type II fun. We hike 14,000-foot peaks, endure 20-mile trails, and take part in other...
Eat like a local in France: tripes en brochette de La Ferté-Macé
The Connexion
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July 18, 2025
The region's traditional tripe dish is served on a wooden skewer Maison Tripe “There aren't any carrots in ours. It doesn’t have the same taste.” So says Hugues Lebert, head of the Confrérie de la Tripière Fertoise in La Ferté-Macé (Orne), on the...
A look at the age-old debate: Is Iowa or Minnesota state fair better?
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Three retired journalists compared the Iowa and Minnesota state fairs. While the Iowa State Fair boasts impressive butter sculptures, the Minnesota State Fair features unique crop art. Each fair offers a wide variety of food, with Iowa...
The Glory of the Group Family Vacation
New York Mag
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July 18, 2025
travel buddies A series exploring the highs, lows, and bumpy in-betweens of vacationing with other people. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images We just got home from a family reunion where nearly 40 of my husband’s relatives...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater gets an upgrade: the latest games reviewed
RTE Ireland
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July 22, 2025
From gripping stories and action-adventure, brainteasers to sports and more, games have always had the power to bring you out of your living room, past the controller and screen, to experience things you might otherwise miss out on. The proof of...
The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age
The Guardian
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July 22, 2025
John Burnside died in May 2024, aged 69. In life, he was almost preternaturally prolific. He started late – his debut, The Hoop, didn’t appear until he was in his early 30s – but with that first poetry collection a dam was breached; over the next...
WATCH: Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal reunite after days as Swiss and his wife Mirka visit Spaniard's tennis academy
Sportskeeda
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July 17, 2025
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal recently reunited in Mallorca as the Swiss, accompanied by wife Mirka, paid a visit to the Spaniard's famed tennis academy. The reunion happened almost two months after the pair came together for the emotional...
NOTHING PERSONAL
Jamaica Observer
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July 21, 2025
STONA... based on how my career is going, I think it was the smartest decision HAVING faced numerous challenges throughout his career, Olympic discus throw champion Rojé Stona says switching allegiances to Turkey is the best thing for his...
The World's Most Beautiful Airports for 2025
Conde Nast Traveler
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July 15, 2025
The 167,000-square-meter terminal building was designed by Aedas along with CSWADI and the Shanghai New Era Airport Design and Research Institute. Opened in June 2024, the new building has increased Yantai airport’s total capacity of 23 million...
Community Calendar for July 21, 2025: Upcoming local events in the Bristol area
Bristol Herald Courier - Virginia
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Barter Theatre’s Artistic Producing Director Katy Brown, talks about their 2025 season show lineup and how they chose the theme “family.” AUDITIONS FOR ‘THE ODD COUPLE’ & ‘THE MOCKINGBIRD SINGS’—Auditions for two upcoming shows at Theatre Bristol,...
Gen Z Escapes to the Past Through Y2K Music, Movies and Fashion
Newsweek
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July 16, 2025
Newsweek Illustration It's sometimes hard to believe that the turn of the millennium was a quarter of a century ago. In many ways, life felt vastly different back then—the internet was still in its relative infancy, phones were used to make calls,...
New York Rum Festival shares 2026 date
The Spirit Business
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July 16, 2025
On the heels of its most recent showcase, the New York Rum Festival has announced it will return to Brooklyn next June. The New York Rum Fest welcomes hundreds of attendees each year Hosted by The Rum Lab, next year’s New York Rum Festival will...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of July 21, 2025
Plum Advance Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 21, 2025
Community center plans golf fundraiser The Riverview Action Community Center is planning an 18-hole, four-person golf scramble fundraiser on Aug. 22 at Hill Crest Country Club in Lower Burrell. Registration is now open, and eight packages are...
Rusia está lista para alcanzar un acuerdo de paz con Ucrania, pero su prioridad es “lograr sus objetivos”
KVIA - Texas
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July 20, 2025
Por Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Rusia está “lista para avanzar rápidamente” en la consecución de un acuerdo de paz con Ucrania, pero su “meta principal” es alcanzar sus “objetivos”, declaró el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, a medios rusos el...
First XV rugby wrap: King’s topple champions in Auckland First XV rugby shake-up
The New Zealand Herald
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July 21, 2025
But this time, King’s made no mistake and instead of a late slip, there was even a cherry on top as they engineered a textbook try with the final play of the match to secure a bonus point. That kept them in touch with St Kentigern, who remain...
Dustin Poirier’s final war: Even in defeat, UFC legend retires with storybook fight
The New York Times
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July 20, 2025
Dustin Poirier couldn’t have gone out any other way. For over 15 years, he left jaws on the floor of every arena he fought in. Millions of fans fell in love with the scrappy striker from Lafayette, La., who had blistering combinations, a...
How the Defender Became Land Rover’s Best-Selling Model
Yahoo News
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July 19, 2025
How the Defender Became Land Rover’s Best-Selling Model originally appeared on Autoblog. Land Rover now sells more Defenders in a month than it used to sell in a year. By a wide margin, the Defender has become JLR's best-selling model, with over...